by LI YAN
When human cases of H7N9 virus infection were first detected in 2013 in China, genetic sequence data was shared rapidly by the China CDC via GISAID -a publicly accessible database for genetic sequences and other data of influenza viruses to further support the global efforts on the development of vaccines, diagnostics and risk assessment. According to the WHO, since then, the China CDC has continued to upload genetic sequence data of recent H7N9 viruses into GISAID. read more
